Rahul holds road show in Raman’s home turf, slams Modi


Team Udayavani, Nov 10, 2018, 10:26 AM IST

Rajnandgaon (C’garh): Congress president Rahul Gandhi held a mega road show Friday in Rajnandgaon, the constituency of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, three days ahead of the first phase of assembly polls on November 12.

Addressing a public meeting after the road show, he criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale fighter jet deal and a sudden demonetisation of a bulk of the currency in circulation in November 2016, and said he no longer talks about corruption.

Gandhi, after landing at PTS helipad in Rajnandgaon town in the evening, hopped on an SUV with an open roof for his road show. He was followed by a cavalcade of Congress leaders.

After passing through Gurdwara Chowk, Manav Mandir Chowk and Azad Chowk covering a distance of around 2 km, the road show culminated with a public meeting at Ganj Chowk.

Targeting the prime minister, Gandhi said Modi did not fulfil the promises he made to people ahead of the 2014 election.

Instead, the common men had to bear the brunt of steps like demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax, he said.

“Neither Rs 15 lakh was deposited in bank accounts of people nor two crore youths got employment during the four-and-a-half-year rule of the Modi government. The Modi government made people stand in queues during demonetisation,” he said.

“Did you ever see Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya and Mehul Choksi (all accused of committing financial frauds) standing in queues during note-bandi,” he asked the people attending the rally and they replied “no”.

“Modi earlier used to speak about corruption, but he does not do so now. The Modi government has committed scam to the tune of crores in the Rafale fighter jet deal. Modi benefited his close ones in the Rafale deal,” Gandhi alleged.

The government has repeatedly dismissed allegations of corruption in the Rafale deal. It has also said that demonetisation helped formalise the Indian economy and increased the tax base.

The Congress chief sought to know why loans of farmers are not being waived. “If Modi can waive loans to the tune of Rs 3.50 lakh crore of industrialists then why not of farmers,” he asked.

Modi has divided the country into two different ‘Hindustan’ one where people travel in airplanes, while the other is inhabited by the poor, farmers and labourers, Gandhi said.

Referring to the GST, he said if the Congress comes to power at the Centre, people will get relief from “Gabbar Singh Tax”.

He sought support for Congress candidate from Rajnandgaon Karuna Shukla, niece of former prime minister the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee who is contesting against Chief Minister Raman Singh.

Later, Gandhi went to Post Office Chowk where he garlanded the statue of Congress leader Udaya Mudliyar, who was killed in the Jhiram Valley Naxal attack in 2013.

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